Margaret Hood is an advisor at Sterling Capital Advisors in Fort Worth, TX. She holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and has been with the firm since 2025. Prior to joining Sterling Capital Advisors, she worked at American National Bank and Trust and has a background that includes roles in banking and real estate. Sterling Capital Advisors provides investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable entities, and business organizations. The firm focuses on private-market portfolio management and public-market portfolio management, serving a client base that includes both individual and corporate clients, and emphasizes due diligence at the fund and manager level rather than security-level analysis.

Mark Hood is a financial advisor with Sterling Capital Advisors in Fort Worth, TX. He holds Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses and joined the firm in 2025. Outside of his advisory role, he is involved as an owner and advisor in businesses including a bottled water company and an oil and gas operator in Texas. Sterling Capital Advisors provides investment advisory services to individuals, families, trusts, estates, charitable entities, and business organizations. The firm offers access to private and public market investments and focuses on manager-level due diligence within a relationship-based advisory model.